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106-84- OR 406,549 EX UNITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

. IO HN F. TIMMONS, OF MARYVILLE MIS SOURI, ASSIGN OR 'OF ONE-HALF TOILLIAM A..FEUR'I, OF SAME PLACE.

COMPOSITION FOR COATING EGG S.- Q "7% srnomoar zon forming pm of LettersPatent No.406,5 19,dated -Tu1y 9, 1889. Application am April 9, 1889.Serial 306,600. (In specimens.)

To all whom it may concern..- eggs should be immersed in the fluid whileit is Be it known that 1, JOHN F. TLMMONS, a hot and immediatelyremoved. This coats 2o citizen of the United States, residingat Marytheegg in such a manner that it will keep in ville, in the county ofNodaway and State .of a fresh state as long as may be desired. 5Missouri,have invented a new and useful Com- WhatIclaim, and'desire tosecure by Letters position of Matter to be Used for the Preser- Patentof. the United States, is vation of Eggs, of which the following is aThe herein-described composition of mat 25 specification. ter to be usedfort-he preservation of eggs, My composition consists of the followingconsisting of water ggglzshellamliicai-bonate :0 ingredients, combinedin the proportions statof soda, white gliie, and Spanish whiting,-i .ed,viz: pure water, one gallon; gum -she!- the proportions specified. lac,two ounces; bicarbonate of soda, three A ounces; white glue, oneounce;'Spanish whit I i. ing, one ounce, these ingredients to be mixedJOHN f TIMMONS' 15 as follows: Heat the water to boiling-point, then addthe shellac and soda, stir until dis- Witnesses:

solved, and add the other ingredients. L. N. CRAIG,

- In using the above-named composition the JOHN HERRON.

